As Sales Collapse, Music Games Gamble on Real Instruments

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Two new games released this month attempt to break the mold. Power Gig: Rise of the SixString comes packaged with a real guitar that works as a game controller or plugs into an amp. Rock Band 3 will work with a real Fender Squier Stratocaster guitar that will ship in 2011, but for now it has a less-expensive controller with about 150 tiny buttons that simulate guitar strings. It also features a new instrument — keyboards. And the game’s pitch-accurate Pro modes are nearly identical to playing the real things.In short, if you’ve already mastered Expert mode, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

- As Sales Collapse, Music Games Gamble on Real Instruments

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